Lollipop Magazine

Federation X – Rally Day – Review

June 1, 2005

Someone else already said “filthy guitar chords, slithering guitar lines, and shrieks of feedback” and I can’t top that. On Estrus, PacNW, what do you expect?

DMBQ – The Essential Sounds From the Far East – Review

May 30, 2005

Tense, taunt, expansive, and explosive, making for a safe home for any “talent” they may have. This four-piece have it.

The Immortal Lee County Killers – Love is a Charm of Powerful Trouble – Review

August 6, 2003

This fucked up blues is rough, but it ain’t dumb. It’s young, but it ain’t green. It’s sinister and it ain’t fooling, even when it’s kinda silly.

Gas Huffer – The Rest of Us – Review

January 3, 2003

Gas Huffer is good for twangy, frantic, surfish songs of the garage-pop variety. The Rest of Us is the best one yet.

Soledad Brothers – Steal Your Soul and Dare Your Spirit to Move – Review

January 3, 2003

It’s not the first Delta blues-type rock album to ever peak my interest, damn sure it won’t be the last either.

Fireballs of Freedom – Welcome to the Octagon – Interview

February 22, 2002

An “interview” with Jim James, Kelly Gately, Von Venner, and Sammy James

The Monkey Wrench – Electric Children – Interview

June 1, 2000

An interview with Mark Arm and Steve Turner

Fireballs of Freedom – Total Fucking Blowout – Review

June 1, 2000

Total Fucking Blowout is one of those rare balls-out blasts of middle fingerism for these lo-risk market-research bullshit dead-end times.

26 Spicey Sizzlers – Review

April 1, 1999

It’s Estrus doin’ what Estrus does best: sleaze, laddies and gents, the best sleaze yer dirty money can buy.

The Makers – Psychopathia Sexualis – Review

November 1, 1998

Since these fancy boys collect hype the way my cat collects ear mites, I’ve always regarded The Makers with a certain wariness. In this case, the record rocks.